Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by Amazon, and its merger with Discovery, Inc. on April 8, 2022.
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| Company type | Public |
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| ISIN | US9344231041 |
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| Founded | April 8, 2022 |
| Headquarters | 230 Park Avenue South, New York City, New York[2] , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | wbd |
The company's properties are divided into nine business units, including the flagship Warner Bros. film and television studios, comic book publisher DC Entertainment, Home Box Office, Inc. (which includes HBO), U.S. Networks (which includes the majority of the ad-supported cable networks of its predecessors, including Discovery, Scripps Networks, Turner Broadcasting, and Warner), CNN, Sports (which includes Motor Trend Group, AT&T SportsNet, TNT Sports, and Eurosport, among others), Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment (which includes the Max streaming service, and video game publisher Warner Bros. Games), and International Networks. It also holds a minority stake in The CW and a majority stake in the Food Network (including its spin-off network Cooking Channel), all of which are alongside Comcast's NBCUniversal, and the former alongside Nexstar Media Group.
Board of Directors
- Samuel DiPiazza (Chairman)[3]
- David Zaslav
- Robert R. Bennett
- Li Haslett Chen
- Richard W. Fisher
- Paul A. Gould
- Debra L. Lee
- Dr. John C. Malone
- Fazal Merchant
- Steven A. Miron
- Steven O. Newhouse
- Paula A. Price
- Geoffrey Y. Yang
Executives
- David Zaslav, President and chief executive officer[4]
- Gunnar Wiedenfels, chief financial officer
- Adria Alpert Romm, Chief People and Culture Officer
- Bruce Campbell, Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer
- David Leavy, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
- Lori Lock, Chief Accounting Officer
- Savalle Sims, General Counsel
- Jon Steinlauf, Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer
- Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group
- Channing Dungey, Chairwoman, Warner Bros. Television Group
- Kathleen Finch, Chairwoman and Chief Content Officer, US Networks Group
- JB Perrette, chief executive officer and President, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment
- Gerhard Zeiler, President, Warner Bros. Discovery International
- Casey Bloys, Chief Content Officer of HBO and HBO Max
- Chris Licht, Chairman and chief executive officer, CNN Global
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